Hannum & Co.
Financial stewardship for owner-led businesses

Hannum & Co. keeps your accounting clean, your questions answered, and your decisions grounded — so the numbers you run your business on are numbers you can trust.

The premise

Owners don't wake up wanting financial reports. They wake up wanting to know three things.

Most businesses have the pieces — internal bookkeeping, a CPA, software full of data. What's usually missing is someone responsible for making the whole thing trustworthy and understandable. That's the work we do.

  • Can I trust these numbers?
  • What do they actually mean?
  • What should I do about them?
The model

Two things we deliver. One result you keep.

Entry 01

Clean books Reliable accounting everyone can trust — you, your CPA, your banker, your board.

  • Reconciliations and month-end close
  • Bookkeeping oversight and cleanup
  • Supporting schedules that tie out
  • CPA-ready records at year end
  • Lender- and audit-ready when it matters
Entry 02

Clear understanding What changed, why it matters, and what we'd do — in plain language.

  • Concise written briefings on a steady cadence
  • Reports built not only for compliance, but for decisions
  • Straight answers to financial questions
  • Recommendations, not just observations
  • One person keeping everyone aligned
Total

Confident decisions Not a service we sell. The result of the two above.

When the books are clean and the meaning is clear, deciding stops feeling like guessing. You act — on numbers you trust, for reasons you understand.

Clean books create clarity. Clear understanding puts it to work.

Hannum & Co.
How we work

We keep watch, so it stays that way.

Clean books don't stay clean on their own, and last month's understanding goes stale. So we stay close to the numbers — continuously, not quarterly.

We keep watch over your accounting and finances so your books stay clean and your understanding stays current. When something changes or looks off, you hear about it from us first — with context, and usually with a recommendation.

Some clients start with a cleanup: get the books in order and find out what they actually say. Ongoing stewardship tends to follow naturally.

  • Cash position and movement Watched
  • Receivables and collections Watched
  • Payables and commitments Watched
  • Payroll and labor cost Watched
  • Unusual transactions Flagged
  • Trends and early warnings Reported
  • Owner questions Answered
Who we serve

Owner-led businesses with real accounting to keep.

You might recognize this

There's a bookkeeper who handles the entries, a CPA who handles the taxes, and an owner holding the rest together mentally. Everyone does their part — but nobody owns the whole. Whether the books tell the true story of the business. What the numbers mean. What deserves attention this week.

We step into that gap. Not replacing your bookkeeper or your CPA — coordinating both, and answering to you.

Where we do our best work

Established, owner-led companies — typically the size where the finances are too complex to run from a checkbook, but not yet ready for a full-time CFO.

Construction Manufacturing Distribution Professional services Family-owned
About

Josh Hannum

CFO
CPA
CGMA
25+ years

"Owners don't need more reports. They need to understand what's happening in their business — clearly and consistently."

Josh has spent more than 25 years helping owner-led businesses organize, understand, and use financial information — across construction, manufacturing, distribution, professional services, and family-owned companies throughout the Southeast.

The goal has stayed the same the whole time: keep the books clean, keep the meaning clear, and help owners act with confidence.

Ready to talk?

Start with the books. The confidence follows.

Whether you need a one-time cleanup, ongoing stewardship, or a straight answer to an important question — the first conversation costs nothing and usually clarifies a lot.